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A005785
Number of 5-covers of an unlabeled n-set.
(Formerly M3949)
7
1, 5, 28, 156, 863, 4571, 22952, 108182, 477136, 1969270, 7625579, 27804973, 95858868, 313747418, 978734539, 2920530663, 8363945469, 23057872913, 61357278239, 157985305473, 394486861086, 957156158394, 2260761331227
OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Number of 5 X n binary matrices with at least one 1 in every column up to row and column permutations. - Andrew Howroyd, Feb 28 2023
REFERENCES
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
LINKS
R. J. Clarke, Covering a set by subsets, Discrete Math., 81 (1990), 147-152.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (7, -17, 13, 7, -11, 16, -44, 43, -65, 82, 46, -36, -28, -175, 85, -168, 504, 91, 77, -394, -664, -52, -382, 1642, 600, 813, -1209, -1632, -1650, -1050, 2982, 2124, 3592, -1360, -2074, -5329, -3607, 1970, 3608, 7640, 1778, 426, -8168, -6638, -3524, 2095, 8401, 6077, 5907, -5907, -6077, -8401, -2095, 3524, 6638, 8168, -426, -1778, -7640, -3608, -1970, 3607, 5329, 2074, 1360, -3592, -2124, -2982, 1050, 1650, 1632, 1209, -813, -600, -1642, 382, 52, 664, 394, -77, -91, -504, 168, -85, 175, 28, 36, -46, -82, 65, -43, 44, -16, 11, -7, -13, 17, -7, 1).
FORMULA
G.f.: - (x^68 - 2*x^67 + 10*x^66 + 32*x^65 + 175*x^64 + 794*x^63 + 3441*x^62 + 13186*x^61 + 46027*x^60 + 146118*x^59 + 427347*x^58 + 1155432*x^57 + 2912873*x^56 + 6875608*x^55 + 15281029*x^54 + 32094658*x^53 + 63945531*x^52 + 121210914*x^51 + 219194198*x^50 + 378998758*x^49 + 627863648*x^48 + 998282344*x^47 + 1525746624*x^46 + 2244502676*x^45 + 3181886869*x^44 + 4351201210*x^43 + 5744918381*x^42 + 7328807372*x^41 + 9039504349*x^40 + 10785767638*x^39 + 12455264802*x^38 + 13925287384*x^37 + 15077477135*x^36 + 15812782150*x^35 + 16065602576*x^34 + 15812782150*x^33 + 15077477135*x^32 + 13925287384*x^31 + 12455264802*x^30 + 10785767638*x^29 + 9039504349*x^28 + 7328807372*x^27 + 5744918381*x^26 + 4351201210*x^25 + 3181886869*x^24 + 2244502676*x^23 + 1525746624*x^22 + 998282344*x^21 + 627863648*x^20 + 378998758*x^19 + 219194198*x^18 + 121210914*x^17 + 63945531*x^16 + 32094658*x^15 + 15281029*x^14 + 6875608*x^13 + 2912873*x^12 + 1155432*x^11 + 427347*x^10 + 146118*x^9 + 46027*x^8 + 13186*x^7 + 3441*x^6 + 794*x^5 + 175*x^4 + 32*x^3 + 10*x^2 - 2*x + 1)/((x^6 - 1)^2*(x^4 + x^3 + x^2 + x + 1)^6*(x^3 - x^2 + x - 1)^6*(x^2 + x + 1)^6*(x + 1)^10*(x - 1)^23).
a(n) = n^30/(30!*5!) + O(n^29). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Aug 09 2022
PROG
(PARI) Vec(G(5, x)*(1 - x) + O(x^40)) \\ G defined in A028657. - Andrew Howroyd, Feb 28 2023
CROSSREFS
Column 5 of A055080.
First differences of A052264.
Sequence in context: A164537 A015536 A271808 * A027912 A378462 A243669
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Vladeta Jovovic, Jun 03 2000
a(0) = 1 prepended by Stefano Spezia, Aug 09 2022
STATUS
approved